"I wish you'd tell me about her." "Oh," said Strether with a slightly strained smile, "all that need concern you about her is that she's really a grand person." Madame de Vionnet seemed to demur.

"Is that all that need concern me about her ?" But Strether neglected the question.

"Hasn't Chad talked to you ?" "Of his mother?
Yes, a great deal--immensely.

But not from your point of view." "He can't," our friend returned, "have said any ill of her." "Not the least bit.

He has given me, like you, the assurance that she's really grand.